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Dispatching diesel | autohabitus
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Cars, environment, geography. February 2, 2015. January, an episode of Channel 4’s series of ‘Dispatches’ documentaries series claimed we’ve been ‘conned’ into automotively contributing towards local pollution. Is this really the case? Exhausting… (Picture source: Wikipedia). But, last week, it made main prime-time television. The premise of the Channel 4 ‘Dispatches’ programme entitled ‘The Great Car Con’. This isn’t strictly true. Diesel contains more carbon than petrol for example, it was noted in...
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Viva survivor | autohabitus
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Cars, environment, geography. January 9, 2015. Well, I’ve done it. I’ve passed my PhD viva voce exam. Go me! No, not that kind of Viva… (Picture source: Wikimedia Commons). Doctor Jeckythump, I presume? Er, not quite (at least, I don’t think so). My PhD has been awarded a pass, albeit with ‘major corrections’. This means that while my thesis was deemed original enough to warrant a PhD, there’s still some work to do on it. So I’ve passed, but somehow it doesn’t feel like it. It could go wrong here. Very w...
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A conference pair | autohabitus
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Cars, environment, geography. April 8, 2013. I’m not sure if academia has a conference season as such but I’ve had the pleasure of attending and presenting at not one, but two postgraduate events over the Easter period. The first of these events was the Royal Geographical Society. Mid-term Conference, which was held at the University of Birmingham from the 25. Of March. An early highlight was being greeted with You’re the car guy! And the Applied Research Centre for Sustainable Regeneration (or SURGE).
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It’s been a while… | autohabitus
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Cars, environment, geography. January 6, 2015. It’s been a while. My PhD was duly submitted now it’s crunch time. On the ‘write’ lines? My PhD thesis manuscript (Picture source: author’s photograph). It’s been some time since I last blogged – in May last year, in fact. Back then, as I embarked upon finalising draft(s) of my PhD, I blogged about ‘geographical inspiration’. The formal ‘defence’ of my thesis. And also from other. Survivors (thanks Mark Horton and Sue Challis); reading about the. Be a forens...
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Something in the air | autohabitus
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Cars, environment, geography. January 3, 2013. Something in the air. In a recent report, air pollution has been recognised as one of the top 10 global disease risk factors. Can low carbon vehicles make a difference? A report published recently in The Lancet medical journal. Hydrocarbons (HC) and particulate matter of various sizes (PM. Along every busy road we walk down. I have to say that I’ve tasted nicer cocktails. Emission figures of EVs while still lower than those of ICEs may not be quite as hoped.
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A geographical inspiration | autohabitus
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Cars, environment, geography. May 22, 2014. A PhD is very much a marathon and, no matter how interesting or ground-breaking your research may be, maintaining momentum over three, or even four, years can be difficult. Geographical inspiration – a Santorini sunset (Picture source: author’s photograph). I recall one lecturer imploring us callow 1. You’ve got to do what you’re interested in, otherwise you’re wasting everybody’s time, especially yours. Or something along those lines, anyway. I am currently in...
